If you’ve ever tried to learn a new language, then you know it’s almost impossible unless you have a partner to speak with, whether they are learning it with you or teaching. Livemocha.com knows this, and provides that important element of language learning with one of the largest elements of the Internet: social networking.

The way that it works is that you complete a course (they offer free and paid courses) and ask other users to grade and correct it for you. You can also help out by doing the same for others. This affects your Mochapoints, a rating that lets others know how involved you are in the community: Mochapoints are determined by how many other people you help out and how many courses you finish yourself.

The whole look of the page is kind of like a brown Myspace look. You have your friend list and “Suggested Language Partners” to the right of that, which is just a list of people who are either learning or teaching the languages you know or are learning. The website has support for audio, writing, reading and flash cards. They are always adding new languages as well.

As of right now I have not really had a chance to go in-depth and play with this site, but I have been wanting to learn Mandarin for years. I guess I should just dive in and find me some Chinese friends. So drop by the site, create an account, play with it a bit and hit me back with some comments. Stop being a lazy American and learn some other effin languages!